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22 January 2023

NWDC Hosts a Chief of Naval Reserve-directed Exercise Series

Navy Warfare Development Center is proud to host the MAKO series.Over 200 U.S. Navy Reserve Sailors participated in a 19-22 January maritime operational exercise named MAKO CHALLENGE at the Navy Warfare Development Center in Norfolk, Va.MAKO CHALLENGE is part of a Chief of Naval Reserve-directed

11 December 2022

Collaboration across 6 Generations of Naval Academy grads

NWDC’s 6 generations of United States Naval Academy graduates range from class of 1969 to 2019. “Awesome to have a link in the chain within NWDC as Capt Jerry O’Donnel ’69 and LT Britanny Armand ’19 are both at the command, said Mr. Dave MacEslin, class of 1980, “Filling in between the most

17 November 2022

US,ROKN to discuss strengthening alliance capabilities

The 13th Annual ROKN/USN Doctrine Cooperation Conference was held at the Navy Warfare Development Center from November 15-17, 2022.The conference provides an opportunity to enhance bilateral relations while advancing sharing of lessons learned and doctrine. This was the first in person meeting in

10 November 2022

NWDC celebrates USMC's 247th birthday

NWDC celebrates the United States Marine Corps 247th birthday. The ceremony began with opening remarks from NWDC's Chief of Staff, CAPT David Aamodt followed by a video from General David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps and Sergeant Major Troy Black, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. The

07 November 2022

Navy Warfare Development Center got their daily dose of iron

NWDC had the opportunity to gather their clubs and tees on November 3rd and participate in a golf tournament at Sewell's Point Golf Course. The day was beautiful and with 6 teams competing, the pressure was ON! Mr. Michael Durkin, Director NWDC, opened the event with words of encouragement. After

02 November 2022

Developing solutions during the Annual Navy Lessons Learned Workshop

This past week, the Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) was honored to host, keynote speaker, Rear Admiral Peter Vasely during the Annual Navy Lessons Learned (NLLW) Workshop during October 18-20, 2022.The event was to provide Memorandum for the Record on the NWDC Lessons Learned Workshop held

24 October 2022

Navy Sailor retires after 22 years for faithful service

After 22 years of dedicated service, which included several deployments and countless sacrifices, YN1 (SW/AW) Jeannette Bryant officially retired from the U.S. Navy on Thursday, October 20, 2022, surrounded by friends, family, and colleagues at the Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander

24 October 2022

NWDC Guest Speaker Series: Getting Back on Top: How the Navy Rebuilt after the Vietnam War

Naval expert on strategy, policy, operations and military history, and organization and culture discusses how the Navy rebuilt after the Vietnam war.Mr. Peter Swartz, is a retired Navy Captain and a Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) analyst and one of Secretary

19 October 2022

U.S. Coast Guard Force Readiness Commander visits NWDC

Rear Admiral M.W. (Joe) Raymond, Commander, Coast Guard Force Readiness Command visited NWDC.Rear Admiral Raymond was greeted by Mr. Michael Durkin, Director NWDC, where he toured the facilities to include Navy Center for Advanced Modeling and

18 October 2022

NWDC Recognizes FY22 Civilian of the Quarter Fourth Quarter

Director Michael Durkin, Director, Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) recognized the Civilian of the Quarter (COQ) for the fourth quarter (4th Qtr.) , fiscal year(FY) 2022. The ceremony was held onboard NWDC during the U.S. Navy's 247th

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